Detroit Tigers vs New York Mets: Game Time, Radio Coverage, Lineup

Aug 25, 2013; New York, NY, USA; New York Mets shortstop

(3) scores a run during the third inning against the Detroit Tigers at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports

Less than 24 hours after facing the New York Yankees, and coming up short, the Tigers will face their cross-town rivals from Queens, the New York Mets. Because the Amazins’ train in Port St. Lucie, which is quite the drive away from Lakeland, this is the one and only time the teams will face each other this spring.

Detroit Tigers vs Pittsburgh Pirates — 1:05 PM EST

Joker Marchant Stadium–Lakeland, Fla.

TV: None

Radio: 97.1 The Ticket in Detroit (click for radio affiliates)

Live Stats: MLB Gameday

Weather Forecast: 70 degrees, sunny

When We Last Met

Detroit visited Citi Field last August and swept the home-standing Mets in a three-game series. The Tigers walloped the Mets by a combined score of 20 to 4, including a pretty great pitchers duel between Max Scherzer and Matt Harvey. Scherzer got the best of Harvey that day, with the Tigers claiming a 3-0 victory, and this also proved to be the last game of the 2013 season for rookie phenom Harvey–who underwent Tommy John surgery shortly after the game.

Tigers Lineup

1. Ian Kinsler
2. Ezequiel Carrera
3. Torii Hunter
4. Victor Martinez
5. Alex Avila
6. Don Kelly
7. Nick Castellanos
8. Daniel Fields
9. Bryan Holaday

Drew Smyly gets the start.